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By-laws 

Woman's  Missionary 
Union 

OF 

Albemarle  Presbytery 

North  Carolina 

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RALEIGH 

EDWARDS  &  BROUGHTON  PRINTING  COMPANY 
1910 

CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 


Article  1. 

This  Society  shall  be  called  the  Woman's  Missionary 
Union  of  Albemarle  Presbytery. 

Article  2. 

The  object  of  the  Union  shall  be  to  stimiulate,  systematize, 
and  unite  the  efforts  made  for  missions  by  the  women  of  this 
Presbytery. 

Article  3. 

It  is  the  earnest  wish  and  purpose  of  the  organization  to 
unite  all  women  of  the  congregations  of  this  Presbytery  in 
missionary  work.  Co-operation  according  to  this  constitution 
shall  therefore  constitute  membership. 

Article  4. 

The  Union  shall  be  under  the  care  and  direction  of  Albe- 
marle Presbytery,  to  which  it  shall  make  an  annual  report, 
and  it  shall  carry  on  its  work  through  regularly  constituted 
Presbyterial  channels. 

Article  5. 

The  officers  of  the  Union  shall  be  a  President,  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, a  Vice-President  for  each  county,  and  a  manager  for  the 
children's  societies.  They  shall  be  chosen  by  a  rising  vote, 
and  shall  serve  one  year,  or  until  successors  are  elected. 

Article  6. 

The  Executive  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  officers  of 
the  Presbyterial  Union. 

Article  7. 

The  Executive  Committee  shall  meet  once  a  year,  or 
oftener,  at  the  call  of  the  President.  Three  shall  constitute 
a  quorum. 


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Article  8. 

The  Union  shall  meet  annually,  at  some  place  and  time 
chosen  at  the  last  meeting,  when  reports  shall  be  rendered, 
officers  elected,  and  plans  for  future  work  considered.  Each 
local  Society  shall  be  requested  to  send  one  delegate  to  this 
meeting. 

Article  9. 

The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  power  to  call  special 
meetings,  have  charge  of  the  printing,  and  fill  vacancies 
among  the  officers.  The  minutes  of  the  actions  of  this  com- 
mittee shall  be  presented  at  each  annual  meeting. 

Article  10. 

The  counsel  and  co-operation  of  the  pastors  and  elders  of 
the  churches  shall  be  sought  when  circumstances  require. 

Article  11. 

It  shall  be  the  endeavor  of  every  local  society  to  diffuse 
missionary  intelligence,  to  excite  greater  interest  among 
women  and  children,  to  awaken  and  increase  the  spirit  of 
individual  consecration,  and  by  all  appropriate  means  to 
carry  out  the  parting  command  of  our  Saviour,  "Go  ye  into 
all  the  world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature."  We 
recognize  this  command  as  equally  binding  upon  us  who  tarry 
at  home  as  upon  those  who  consecrate  their  lives  to  the  Mas- 
ter's service  in  the  foreign  field. 

Article  12. 

This  Constitution  nxay  be  altered  at  any  regular  meeting 
by  a  vote  of  tWo-thirds  of  the  members  present,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  Albemarle  Presbytery,  notice  of  the  intention  to 
propose  an  alteration  having  been  previously  given. 

BY-LAWS. 

Section  1.  Every  meeting  of  the  Presbyterial  and  Aux- 
iliary Societies  shall  be  opened  with  devotional  exercises. 


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Sec'  2.  The  President  shall  preside  at  meetings,  shall 
have  a  general  oversight  of  the  work,  and  as  far  as  possible, 
visit  or  correspond  with  each  society. 

Sec.  3.  The  Vice-Presidents  shall  supervise  the  work  in 
such  districts  as  may  be  assigned  them,  and  act  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  President.  In  the  absence  of  a  Vice-President, 
any  member  of  the  society  may  be  called  to  the  chair. 

Sec.  4.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  receive  all 
money  sent  by  the  several  societies  for  printing  and  other 
incidental  expenses,  of  which  money  she  shall  render  an 
account  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Union.  She  shall  keep 
a  roll  of  the  societies  constituting  the  Presbyterial  Union, 
shall  make  an  accurate  record  of  each  meeting  of  the  Union, 
read  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting,  issue  all  notices, 
and  prepare  an  annual  report  to  be  forwarded  to  Albemarle 
Presbytery. 

Sec.  5.  Since  there  are  many  expenses  incident  to  the 
work,  to  meet  which  there  must  be  a  contingent  fund,  it  is 
expected  that  each  local  society  will  contribute  ten  cents  a 
year  for  each  member. 

Sec.  6.  Each  society  shall  appoint  a  committee,  whose  care 
it  shall  be  to  collect  and  distribute  missionary  intelligence, 
and  such  literature  as  will  further  intelligent  interest  in  this 
great  cause. 


